Ministry
of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and
FTAs on e-Tourist Visa on the basis of Nationality- wise, Port-wise data
received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI).

Foreign Tourist
Arrivals (FTAs):

The
number of FTAs in July, 2017 was 7.88 lakh. The growth rate in FTAs in July,
2017 is 7.4%. FTAs during the period January- July 2017 were 56.74 lakh with a
growth of 15.7%. The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in
India during July 2017 among the top 15 source countries was highest from
Bangladesh (20.12%) followed by USA (16.26%), UK (10.88%), France (3.01%),
Malaysia (2.81%), Canada (2.66%), Sri Lanka (2.56%), China (2.32%), Oman
(2.27%), Germany (2.21%), Australia (2.17%), Japan (2.10%), Nepal (1.84%), UAE (1.82%) and Singapore
(1.69%).

During
the month of July, 2017 total of 1.19 lakh tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as
compared to 0.68 lakh during the month of July 2016 registering a growth of
73.3%. During January-July 2017, a total of 8.36 lakh tourist arrived on
e-Tourist Visa as compared to 5.40 lakh during January-July 2016, registering a
growth of 54.7%.